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I don't understand why this generation can't afford a home. When my grandfather was 18, he had already saved enough money from his paper route and various odd jobs to buy his first home. By the time my father turned 26, he was already married, had his first child, and was moving into his first home. We lived frugally, and our parents taught us the value of spending wisely. Today's man-children, at the ripe old age of 40, still cannot afford a home. Yet they have no problem eating out every day, going to the movies, and buying popcorn and avocado toast. Add in subscriptions to ten different services they barely use, and that's money thrown out the window. They don't see the correlation between their spending habits and their inability to buy a home or save money in the first place. I understand that my grandfather's house only cost $12,000, and my father bought his for $50,000. Mine was much more expensive, I paid $150,000, and that house is now worth a million. I understand that by…

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